JULIA JO
b. 1991, South KoreaJulia Jo’s practice focuses on oil painting, emphasising a distinctive style that incorporates a rich and vivid colour palette.
Her approach to each canvas allows her compositions to oscillate between the figurative and the abstract. While at first glance Jo’s paintings possess a frenetic energy with heavy brushstrokes, upon closer inspection, discernible imagery emerges hinting at multi-layered narratives, interpersonal dynamics, and missed connections
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